In negotiations during this battle, a diplomat, perplexed at a blunt pen, joked to the invading force that their guns were hopefully better pointed than their pens. Six years after this battle, another skirmish at the same site saw forces under James Gambier notoriously bombard civilian centers. Sir Thomas Hardy spent the night before this battle d
In negotiations during this battle, a diplomat, perplexed at a blunt pen, joked to the invading force that their guns were hopefully better pointed than their pens. Six years after this battle, another skirmish at the same site saw forces under James Gambier notoriously bombard civilian centers. Sir Thomas Hardy spent the night before this battle doing recon, but did not participate in the actual fighting. This battle, along with a leadership change in Russia, effectively ended the attempts of the Second League of Armed Neutrality to maintain trade with France. The most notable incident in this battle saw (*) Sir Hyde Parker order retreat, only to have his second-in-command ignore it. That incident saw the commander of the Elephant say "I really do not see the signal!" to his captain while holding a telescope to his blind eye. For 10 points, name this 1801 battle in which Horatio Nelson led an attack on a Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored just outside a major Scandinavian city.
In negotiations during this battle, a diplomat, perplexed at a blunt pen, joked to the invading force that their guns were hopefully better pointed than their pens.
Battle of {Copenhagen}